Ketron supports constitutional amendment to protect states' rights

11:29 PM,
Feb. 19, 2014

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MURFREESBORO - State Sen. Bill Ketron told callers Wednesday night that he's interested in Tennessee participating in a constitutional convention to protect states rights from the federal government. -

"Washington sure isn't looking after us," Ketron told people participating in his Telephone Town Hall event. "They (federal officials) just want to cram more mandates on us. We should have states' rights." -

Ketron, a Murfreesboro Republican who represents Senate District 13, said it would take 34 states to call for the convention and 38 to ratify any changes to the U.S. Constitution. - ...